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&&%~...... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ......~%&&
#@@&¤%:~.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ..~:%¤&@@#
##@&¤%:~.. ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ..~:%¤&@##
@@@&¤%:~.. ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ..~:%¤&@@@
#@@&¤%:~.. ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ ..~:%¤&@@#
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@&%%:::~.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ..~:::%%&@
@@@&¤%:~.. THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ..~:%¤&@@@
#@@&¤%:~.. CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US ..~:%¤&@@#
#@@&¤%:~.. KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ..~:%¤&@@#
@&%:...... THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ......:%&@
&%%:~..... ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE .....~:%%&
@@¤%:~~~.. ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS ..~~~:%¤@@
@&¤¤¤%:~.. FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ..~:%¤¤¤&@
#@@&¤%:~.. WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ..~:%¤&@@#
##@&¤%:~.. BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ..~:%¤&@##
@@¤:...... ~ ~ ~ ~ BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, ......:¤@@
#@@&¤%:~.. THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ..~:%¤&@@#
#@@&¤%:~.. WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ..~:%¤&@@#
&¤¤:...... WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ......:¤¤&
@&&%%:.... AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ....:%%&&@
@@@&¤%:~.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ..~:%¤&@@@
@@@&¤%:~.. ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ..~:%¤&@@@
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